In "Inside Gopher Sports," we sit down with three Gopher student-athletes who are also musically-inclined -- men's gymnast Ellis Mannon, volleyball senior libero Jessica Granquist and Gopher football center Ryan Wynn.

2014  Junior Season: NCAA Champion on pommel horse (15.425)  All-American honoree and CGA Second Team All-America Scholar-Athlete  All-Big Ten First Team honoree  Big Ten Champion on pommel horse (15.325)  Academic All-Big Ten honoree  received Gophers' Most Valuable Gymnast Award and Outstanding Accomplishment Award  competed in 11 meets, including the Winter Cup, appearing on all six events  set or tied his career high on every apparatus but still rings  finished 11th in the all-around at the NCAA championships (83.700) and advanced to the event finals on pommel horse after taking fifth (15.150) in the team finals (4/11)  scored a career-high 15.150 on parallel bars at the NCAA Qualifier (4/10)  finished sixth in the all-around (85.700) at the Big Ten championships and advanced to the event finals on pommel horse (15.000) after tying for fourth in the team finals (3/28)  scored a career-high 14.800 on vault at the Big Ten team finals (3/28)  won the all-around (87.05) and finished second in pommel horse (15.950, career high) at season-opening Windy City Invitational (1/18)  15.950 on vault marked the third-highest NCAA men's gymnastics pommel horse score of all-time  scored 14.950 as pommel horse champion at Oklahoma meet (1/25)  scored 86.700 as all-around champion at Air Force (2/8)  set then-career highs on floor exercise (14.400) and parallel bars (14.750) and tied then-career high on vault (14.700) at Air Force meet (2/8)  tied then-career high on high bar with 14.550 at Iowa/Nebraska (2/15)  finished 19th in the all-around and was the pommel horse runner-up at Winter Cup (2/22)  finished as parallel bars champion (14.700) and set career-high 14.600 as co-champion on high bar against Iowa/Brockport (3/8)  earned third varsity letter.

2013  Sophomore Season: Named All-American and All-Big Ten Second Team honoree  took second place on the pommel horse at the NCAA national championships  was the lone Gopher to compete in five events in season-opening Windy City Invitational (1/18), where he set a then-career high on rings (13.950)  tied then-career high on vault (14.700) en route to tying for fifth in the event at the Windy City Invitational (1/18)  also competed on pommel horse (14.350), high bar (14.200) and parallel bars (13.100) at the Windy City Invitational (1/18)  saw then-career high score on pommel horse (15.400) at Nebraska (3/16)  then-career high finish on bars with a score of 14.550 against Nebraska/Illinois Chicago (2/2)  finished second on pommel horse (14.850) and tied for 22nd on vault (14.600) at the Big Ten Championships (3/5)  earned second varsity letter.

2012  Freshman Season: Competed in all meets, as well as both days of the Winter Cup  scored then-career highs on floor (12.850), rings (13.200) and pommel horse (14.900) at the Winter cup (2/2-2/4)  registered a season-high vault score of 14.700 against Oklahoma/Ohio State (3/24)  received a season-high score on parallel bars (14.250) in the Nebraska/Illinois meet (3/11)  scored then-career high of 14.500 on high bars at Windy City Invitational (1/21)  competed in the NCAA championships in parallel bars, scoring 14.450  earned first varsity letter.

High School/Club: A 2011 graduate of North Central High School  state champion in 2009 and 2011  national all-around finalist in 2009  regional pommel horse champion in 2011  pommel horse champion at 2011 Visa Championships  second-team academic all-American in 2007-10.

Personal: Born January 20, 1993  major is chemical engineering  son of James and Stuart Mannon.